May 25: Revolutionary Dining

Brunch from 11:30am

Dinner from 5:00pm- 8:00pm

Celebrate the Anniversary of Susanna Bolling's daring midnight ride! On May 25, 1781, this 16-year-old girl warned General Lafayette that British General Cornwallis was coming to capture him at the Half Way House.

Iris Schwarz will play Colonial music from 11:30am-3pm during Brunch.

French General Lafayette will speak and mingle with guests from 4pm-7pm.

Meet Gary Spell, Composer/Playwright of Virginia Beach's new Revolutionary musical, "Racing the Night - The Teenage Girl Who Saved the American Revolution."

And Libby McNamee, Author of "Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War."

Brunch Menu

The following Brunch Menu will be served from 11:30am. Our Dinner Menu will be served from 5pm- 8pm, and can be viewed here: https://www.thehwh.com/dinner

Starters

SUFFOLK COUNTY PEANUT SOUP 12

HEARTY ONION SOUP 15

Our French onion soup with homemade croutons and three melted cheeses

HALF WAY HOUSE GARDEN SALAD 12

Mixed greens with sliced cucumbers, grape tomatoes and shredded carrots with your choice of our homemade dressings

MOTHER'S FRIED GREEN TOMATOES 17

Sliced green tomatoes dusted with cornmeal lightly fried with a tangy remoulade sauce

Main Attractions

include starch and vegetable with our house made dinner and cinnamon rolls

CRAB LAFAYETTE 38

Half Way House crab cake atop our twice baked potato cake with Virginia ham

and a lightly poached egg with creamy hollandaise

COL. TENNANT CHICKEN SALAD 32

Tender chicken strips, fried, grilled or blackened, grated cheeses and apple wood smoked bacon over mixed greens tossed with artichoke hearts, grape tomatoes, roasted red peppers, spiced pecans and buttermilk ranch dressing

HATCHER FAMILY SHORT RIBS 30

Burgundy braised boneless grass-fed short ribs with smashed red potatoes,

Chef Ray’s famous collard greens and a creamy Dijon mustard sauce

MOUNT VERNON SHRIMP AND HOMINY 32

Jumbo wild caught shrimp sauteed in garlic butter with tomatoes, green onions

and pork belly etouffee over stone ground hominy grits

BENDER’S BLACK & BLEU RIB TIPS 34

Slow roasted succulent prime rib tips seared with our Cajun spices topped with

creamy bleu cheese and mushroom sauce

HALF WAY HOUSE FRIED CHICKEN 30

Tender chicken breasts lightly dusted with flour and skillet fried

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE 16